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Orphan Black – Season 3, Episode 4 Newer Elements of Our Defense

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Orphan Black – Season 3, Episode 4

Newer Elements of Our Defense

Aired May 9, 2015

Sci-Fi

Drama

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Helena works in a faraway military compound; Sarah's fate hangs in the balance as she tries to save her sister.

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Though it's as complicated as ever, Orphan Black ratchets up the action in "Newer Elements of Our Defense," with Alison and Donnie providing some much-needed comic relief.

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Devon Maloney

New York Magazine/Vulture

05/10/2015

3/5

Perhaps surprising to no one, but if this were a contest, Helena's corner of the world would once again take the lead this week, for more than one reason.

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Caroline Framke

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05/10/2015

B+

A slash of blood, a pulsing wound, a gaping hole, an exposed brain: Orphan Black isn't a subtle show, but damn if it isn't an arresting one.

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Nicole Sperling

Entertainment Weekly

05/10/2015

Plot gripes aside, this episode was filled with some really great crazy moments that should be celebrated.

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Ja-Quan Greene

Black Nerd Problems

06/26/2018

Nothing good ever came from a pale woman with floral layers on and a weapon with a long term scope.

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Max Nicholson

IGN Movies

05/10/2015

8.2

This week's Orphan Black turned out to be one of the more entertaining of the season so far, as Sarah and Mark reluctantly teamed up to discover a potential key to curing the Castor clone defect.

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Kaitlin Thomas

TV.com

05/10/2015

"Newer Elements of Our Defense" was a necessary episode... but if I never have to watch Helena create a key out of a chicken bone and then stab someone in the brain with a scalpel, it'll be too soon.

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Synopsis

Helena works in a faraway military compound; Sarah's fate hangs in the balance as she tries to save her sister.

Executive Producer: Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier
Network: BBC America
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015

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